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October 9

 * 1812 - War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships, HMS Detroit (1813) and HMS Caledonia (1807).
 * 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook - Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia.
 * 1914 - World War I: Siege of Antwerp - Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
 * 1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain - During a nighttime air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral is pierced by a bomb.